Quick Review: Management of Acute Agitation

Guidelines

• Consensus Statement of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry Project BETA Psychopharmacology Workgroup. West J Emerg Med 2012;13: 26–34

Primary Literature

• Comparison of intramuscular olanzapine, orally disintegrating olanzapine tablets, oral risperidone solution, and intramuscular haloperidol in the management of acute agitation in an acute care psychiatric ward

• Ketamine for emergency sedation of agitated patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Midazolam-Droperidol, Droperidol, or Olanzapine for Acute Agitation: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Review Article

• Efficacy of pharmacologic agents used for rapid tranquilization of emergency department patients with acute agitation or excited delirium

Podcast & Blogs

• Pharm So Hard: The B52 is Trash! GOING FROM THE B52 TO THE 55 BLITZ WITH DAN MCCOLLUM, MD

• Ep 115 Emergency Management of the Agitated Patient